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Connie Hawkins

10.30.09

Suns Were Playing 5 on 6 In 2007 vs. Spurs Connie Hawkins, David Stern, Featured, Kobe Bryant, Phoenix Suns, Raja Bell, Referees, San Antonio Spurs, Suns News, Tim Donaghy, Tommy Nunez, Writer Portal | (0)
With the release of the scorned Tim Donaghy’s tell all book this week, Suns fan’s past suspicions have been confirmed. It seems that in fact referee Tommy Nunez, who was the group supervisor for the 2007 Suns vs. Spurs 2nd round playoff match-up had a vested interest in the Spurs beating the Suns. Below is an excerpt from Donaghy’s book regarding this series: My favorite Tommy Nunez story is from the 2007 playoffs when the San Antonio Spurs were able to get past the Phoenix Suns in the second round. Of course, what many fans didn’t know was that Phoenix had ...
08.19.09

Tip-Off Timer: How ‘69 Coin Flip Cursed The Phoenix Suns Connie Hawkins, ConnieHawkins, Jerry Colangelo, JerryColangelo, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, KareemAbdul-jabbar, Lew Alcindor, LewAlcindor, Neal Walk, Neal lWalk, NealLwalk, Suns News, Tip-offTimer, tip-off timer | (0)
Filed under: Bucks, Suns, NBA DraftTip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Wednesday, there are 69 days remaining.It's been 40 years since Phoenix Suns executive Jerry Colangelo last called "heads" in a coin flip. And it still haunts the franchise today.When that Kennedy half-dollar landed on "tails" in the NBA office that spring day, it meant that the Milwaukee Bucks - and not the Suns - would get the No. 1 pick in the 1969 NBA Draft.The Bucks selected celebrated UCLA center Lew Alcindor, who won a championship in his second season, ...
08.19.09

Tip-Off Timer: How ‘69 Coin Flip Cursed The Phoenix Suns Connie Hawkins, ConnieHawkins, Jerry Colangelo, JerryColangelo, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, KareemAbdul-jabbar, Lew Alcindor, LewAlcindor, Neal Walk, Neal lWalk, NealLwalk, Suns News, Tip-offTimer, tip-off timer | (0)
Filed under: Bucks, Suns, NBA DraftTip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Wednesday, there are 69 days remaining.It's been 40 years since Phoenix Suns executive Jerry Colangelo last called "heads" in a coin flip. And it still haunts the franchise today.When that Kennedy half-dollar landed on "tails" in the NBA office that spring day, it meant that the Milwaukee Bucks - and not the Suns - would get the No. 1 pick in the 1969 NBA Draft.The Bucks selected celebrated UCLA center Lew Alcindor, who won a championship in his second season, ...